#4E185B#4E185B

#4E185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.122 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E185B
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(288, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(288, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.16, 35.85, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.16, 45.79, 321.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.0924 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.122 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3566, 3.0286, 10.1979)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E185B #255B18

analogous

#2C185B #4E185B #5B1847

triadic

#4E185B #5B4E18 #185B4E

tetradic

#4E185B #5B2C18 #255B18 #18475B

square

#4E185B #5B2C18 #255B18 #18475B

split-complementary

#4E185B #475B18 #185B2C

monochromatic

#150618 #240B2B #4E185B #78258B #A132BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#4E185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#4E185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E185B

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E185B	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.122 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a8a',
    500: '#4e185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e185b;
$custom-light: #825a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.358,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32733,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E185B

secondary

#4E923D

accent

#E14664

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E185B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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